Biggles was a Flying Ace type. Hugh Walters wrote basically the same sort of
thig, but set in space, and to be honest I can't remember a single plot, but
I loved 'em at the time. The SSR was a Harry Harrison series of novels, since
"sequalled" to death andDoc Smith's lensmen is definitley only readable until
about the age of 15, tops, even if they're not actually classed as juveniles.
Banks is sort of space-opera for adults, galactic in scope but without all
the empire and blue-jawed heroics. He's written some good none-genre novels
as well, under the same name but minus the middle initial.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that Asimov had a near eidic memory and
was a very fast reader.
Yep! Both were English, Eric Frank Russel, too; another oft passed-over
great. It's odd, I can think of English, Scottish and Irish SF writers, but
no Welsh.